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Tomato Lover

An interesting insight into how even tomatoes are subject to the whims of fashion. 12 varieties are listed – of those, 3 are still readily avaliable (Ailsa Craig, Harbinger and The Amateur).

Ailsa Craig. Has been in cultivation many years and has stood the test of time. It is a strong, dependable variety and more disease-resisting than most.

Sunrise. A good variety for inside or outdoors. Its fruits are round and not too thick-skinned. Its flesh is firm and it carries few seeds. It has the advantage of being a good “setter”.

Market King. Is very popular in some parts of the country where it is grown in quantity. The fruit colours well and is fleshy with few seeds and pulp.

Bide’s Recruit. A variety with an unusually strong root system so that it can be grown successfully on worn-out or less-good soil than most other sorts. It colours well but the fruits are inclined to be a trifle small.

Kondine Red. A short-jointed variety and a heavy cropper. One of the best-known and most popular types.

*Harbinger. A very early variety when grown outdoors. Also excellent under glass.

*Pride of the Garden. A particularly robust type which sets freely and produces large trusses of medium-sized fruits of good colour and texture.

*Essex Wonder. Somewhat similar to the above and very popular in some districts, especially East Anglia and the south.

*The Amateur. Probably the best of the bush types that have come on the market during the last few years. The plants are sturdy, compact, and about 1ft. high. Each plant should produce 4 lb. upwards of medium-sized good-flavoured fruits. It is a good variety for the small grower who has little time to attend to plants which must be grown on orthodox lines.

* Varieties particularly suitable for outdoor cultivation.

The comments on The Amateur are interesting in that they seem to imply that the bush/indeterminate varieties of tomatoes were avaliable only from the fifties onwards. And although there are many more bush varieties avaliable now – given that they don’t require the same amount of time and attention that indeterminate varieties do – it’s interesting that they are still very much a minority of the tomatoes people choose to grow. ( I say this in the context of Shrove Tuesday and reports of the increase in sales of both ready-made pancakes and ready-mix pancake kits!). Find this prepagos bogota.

Weighing Up, Weighing Out…

This debate over the merits or otherwise of organic vegetables reminds me of a tale of carrots…as told by a gardener whose father was a chemist/horticultist…On first tasting carrots not sourced from her father’s plot, she thought how disappointing the flavour was and for a time she chomped her way through inferior carrotty carrots, marvelling at how her father had managed to produce such tasty carrots. It was a while before the penny dropped and she realised that what gave her father’s carrots their extra special flavour – was his other passion and profession – chemical fertilizers. What she had always thought of as “carrot flavour” was in fact the flavour of her father’s much beloved products….

I am not saying that this stands true for all or any other kind of vegetables or fertilizer products… and on the other hand having been one of the many people who made up the taste tests at Totally Tomato (which informed these results) taking part felt fun and informal but not necessarily rigorous… So I think I what I’d take from this is that it’s so much better for us to make our own decisions as to what fits all of our requirements – health, taste and budget…make a choice and not fret …everyone had their own agenda…

What ever their status one thing seems true for tomatoes – we are buying less single round tomatoes, less single cherry tomatoes… and more tomatoes on the vine…that’s according to the Dutch who last year exported 758 million kg of tomatoes!

And whilst in no way equal in actual weight – in fact a mere truckful – the export of tomatoes from the Gaza strip – the first since 2007 carries its own weight… chicas escorts Bogota.

Accessories in pink, the fashion

It has begun the season in which the colourful come into our wardrobes and, for this reason, we offer you different models of plug-ins that you could wear. But yes, always in the color of fashion that stick strong this season… the pink!

Here is the best list of add-ins that you out of any trouble and that, sure, to give the finishing touch to all your looks.

Our proposals:

1 bag of short handle that phenomenal comes to take it daily. A safe bet. It is Chicwish.com (53 euros).

2. this model of patent leather we love because it can carry in your hand or hang it on his shoulder. It is great for a look with jeans or shorts, dare to take it. It is poison (54 euros).

3. very original Clutch of Rebecca Velvet (27 euros) that can be converted into an essential wardrobe. With its heart shape is perfect to take you to a special quotation.

4. the shoe with wedge heel will give you the comfort you need and patent leather will bring you fashion so essential to your image effect. This is Follow Me (30 euros).

5. these boots from Jeffrey Campbell (130 euros) cords are original and have a heel of heart attack that will make your look perfect. Get it on ropa Bogota con estilo.

6. dancers of H & M (€18) in pink. It is a very comfortable shoe that you can wear all day.

7. the sunglasses from Nordstrom.com (29 euros) have a very flattering way. Is it a model and they are ideal for a day of Sun and to complement your look.

8. sunglasses Dolce & Gabbana Leopard print (139,90 EUR).

9 mythical sunglasses Ray Ban (82 euros), to carry them at all times.

10. the belt is an ideal complement to keep in our closet, so we dare with this model and, of course, pink. This is from Carters.com (2.99 euros).

11. this belt with Golden buckle on ropa en Bogota of ASOS is a safe bet (7,19 euros).